The server is supplied with DSM 3.0 operating system, providing a swathe of business-class features including Windows Active Directory integration and ACL support. iSCSI support provides hosts with the illusion of locally-attached disks -- virtual server platforms including VMware vSphere, Microsoft's Hyper-V and Citrix XenServer are all supported out of the box.

Other features include: support for JBOD, RAID 0, 1, 5, 5+Spare, 6 and 10 disk configurations, as well as Synology's own Hybrid RAID storage protection. Windows and OSX Time Machine backup support and the usual vast array of consumer-oriented features are also offered, including DLNA/uPnP media streaming, photo and audio players, network IP cam management as well as iOS and Android apps for media playback.

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